TRANSETHMOIDAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL APPROACH FOR EMBOLIZATION OF A CAROTID-CAVERNOUS FISTULA - CASE-REPORT

Authors
BARKER FG OGILVY CS CHIN JK JOSEPH MP PILESPELLMAN J CROWELL RM
Citation
Fg. Barker et al., TRANSETHMOIDAL TRANSSPHENOIDAL APPROACH FOR EMBOLIZATION OF A CAROTID-CAVERNOUS FISTULA - CASE-REPORT, Journal of neurosurgery, 81(6), 1994, pp. 921-923
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223085
Volume
81
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
921 - 923
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3085(1994)81:6<921:TTAFEO>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The authors describe a case of carotid-cavernous fistula that was not treatable by the standard interventional neuroradiological techniques of transarterial or transvenous occlusion of the fistula because acces s was blocked by prior trapping procedures. Access to the venous side of the fistula was gained by means of a transethmoidal transsphenoidal exposure, making it possible to embolize the lesion with coils. The d etails of this approach are described.